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Administrative Areas

Ward
Lochar
Local Authority
Dumfries and Galloway
Constituency
Dumfries and Galloway
Country
Scotland

Demographics

Area Type
Accessible Small Town
Households
67
Population
164
Males
50%
Females
50%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 6976 = least deprived in Scotland)
6976

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
59
Scotland❚DG1 3PQ❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
14
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
21
C2 Skilled manual workers
16
DE Semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers, casual and lowest grade workers, unemployed with state benefits only, state pensioners
8

Age Groups

Population
164
Under 16
24%
16 - 64
70%
65 or over
6%
Under 4
7%
5 - 15
17%
16 - 29
13%
30 - 44
27%
45 - 59
25%
60 - 74
8%
75 or over
2%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
124
Single
30
Married
74
Civil partnership
4
Separated
2
Divorced
9
Widowed
5

Health

Population
164
Very good
124
Good
29
Fair
8
Bad
3

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
124
Scotland❚DG1 3PQ❚
Degree or above
31
2+ A Levels or equivalent
15
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
22
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
35
No qualifications
21

Ethnicity

Population
164
White British
11
White Scottish
142
White Polish
6
White Irish
1
Asian Other
4

Country of Birth

Population
164
England
14
Nortern Ireland
2
Scotland
139
Wales
1
Ireland
1
Poland
5
Malaysia
2

Religion

Population
164
Christian
78
Buddhist
2
Muslim
4
No religion
75
Not stated
5

Industry

Population
101
Agriculture, forestry ,fishing
5
Manufacturing
15
Electricity, gas, steam, air conditioning supply
2
Construction
8
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
13
Transport and storage
8
Accommodation and food
3
Information and communication
1
Financial and insurance
3
Professional, scientific and technical
2
Administrative and support
2
Public administration and defence, compulsory social security
7
Education
4
Human health and social work
24

Economic Activity

Population
121
Scotland❚DG1 3PQ❚
Full-Time employee
67
Part-Time employee
22
Self employed
12
Retired
11
Looking after home/family
1
Long-term sick/disabled
1
Student
6

Housing Tenure

All categoies
67
Owned outright
18
Owned with mortgage
40
Rented - private landlord
9

Housing Types

All categoies
69
Occupied
67
Unoccupied
2
Detached
42
Semi detached
25
Terraced
1
Flat - purpose built
1

Household Size

All categoies
67
One person
19
Two people
18
Three people
15
Four people
12
Five people
2
Six people
1

Nearby postcodes

DG1 3PJ

Data Sources

  • Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2019
  • Contains Royal Mail data © Royal Mail copyright and Database right 2019
  • Contains National Statistics data © Crown copyright and database right 2019